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Ryuu96 said:
kirby007 said:

god people don't look or think an inch further then their nose is long

Hearing there is an all hands on deck meeting going on right now between Microsoft and Zenimax, word is Zenimax is on the chopping block for being sold off, that 2 second difference ruined Microsoft's entire marketing and they are NOT happy.

Sorry, what happened exactly? 



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Ryuu96 said:

"Also, according to Grubb, there was some miscommunication between Obsidian and Microsoft around E3 where Obsidian wanted to show Avowed, Xbox told them to show Outer Worlds 2, then later Xbox said, "Why did you prepare that instead of Avowed?" And Obsidian was like "YOU TOLD US TO!"

How the f*ck does this even happen? That's kind of hilarious.

Avowed being shown off at the Game Awards confirmed!!!! 



gtotheunit91 said:
Ryuu96 said:

Hearing there is an all hands on deck meeting going on right now between Microsoft and Zenimax, word is Zenimax is on the chopping block for being sold off, that 2 second difference ruined Microsoft's entire marketing and they are NOT happy.

Sorry, what happened exactly? 

PS5 is going to have the better loading times in Skyrim Anniversary which will give it the edge in taking in more money for Xbox than Xbox could do by itself. So Playstation will win again by generating the larger money pile for Xbox.



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Ryuu96 said:

"Also, according to Grubb, there was some miscommunication between Obsidian and Microsoft around E3 where Obsidian wanted to show Avowed, Xbox told them to show Outer Worlds 2, then later Xbox said, "Why did you prepare that instead of Avowed?" And Obsidian was like "YOU TOLD US TO!"

How the f*ck does this even happen? That's kind of hilarious.

That seems to dumb to be true lol.

I can understand them deciding to show Outer Worlds 2 as everyone was wondering if it would continue now it would be exclusive and for a game so far out it was a pretty entertaining trailer.



shikamaru317 said:
Machiavellian said:

Well to be honest, the game is not released its in beta.  I know, you do not want to accept that the MP was released as beta but that is pretty much what it means.  You get to play it early but all features and so forth probably not going to be there.  Basically people just ignore the word beta but probably to the developers that is exactly how they view it because they know, its still a beta.

It's true that what we are playing right now is an open beta, but they also just confirmed to us that we will only have 4 playlists on the official December 8th launch. Makes you wonder what else will be missing on launch day. Will we get anymore than the current 10 maps (a disappointing map count compared to several earlier games in the series, especially since the MP got an extra year of development thanks to the singleplayer teams issues, and 6.5 total years of development (3 more than any earlier Halo game)? Will there be any more weapons on launch? Will there be any more vehicles on launch? Will we get a custom game browser like MCC has?

Right now it is looking like everything that we have right now in open beta is the same as we will get on December 8 launch. A real shame, especially given the current issues with monetization and progression that are also looking like they won't be fixed on release either. Then there is the other things missing on launch, like campaign co-op, raytracing, and Forge.

I do not know how big the MP team is but I am guessing that they are pulled thin.  Meaning that they have a huge set of goals they want to accomplish and there is only so many developers they have with the task they are already on.  Its probably a workflow situation as well and its something when you are pulled thin you just have to manage.  Something things just take time and also experience is a real key as well.  At the end of the day, enjoy what you have and hope the team can bring those other items without issue.



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So according to Jeff Grubb the Cloud MMO game by Mainframe is no longer being published by XGS. They were able to raise enough funds and backed out of the deal apparently and now likely multiplatform.

MS better spend that money elsewhere, this project seemed risky from the start a MMO from an unproven studio.



Sacred 2: Fallen Angel must have been added to BC list recently. I glanced over the new titles a few weeks ago but I must have missed it. It's basically an open-world Diablo game for those interested. I took some screenshots of a couple of guys' youtube gameplays. I will be snagging this one up.

 

A hidden gem.



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VersusEvil said:

I feel like... 343 have been told if they fuck up anymore that it won't be nice Pappa Phil that visits them but uncle Phil that's banned from thanksgiving for flipping tables. Seems like they're walking on egg shells.

343 explaining their design choices to Uncle Phil

And then..



DroidKnight said:

Sacred 2: Fallen Angel must have been added to BC list recently. I glanced over the new titles a few weeks ago but I must have missed it. It's basically an open-world Diablo game for those interested. I took some screenshots of a couple of guys' youtube gameplays. I will be snagging this one up.

A hidden gem.

I played SO much of thise game! Thanks for the headsup, did not see that and I have 4 days to fill, this will do :)



Yeah, 343 is stupid If it comes to the playlist situation. Not only is it annoying If you just want to play slayer but are forced to play a completely diffrerent playstyle where you have to do objectives but it's also "destroying" the objectives matches for those who want to play them because many in those matches don't even try to win and only want a good k/d ratio for their personal ego.

How can't you see as game developers that you don't really do anyone a favour with such a decision? I rather wait 3x as long for a match as to have half of my teammates not interested in what they are supposed to do...